Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2020, 21:30 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira on Thursday informed the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sherie Samantha Fedee was removed on the instruction of President Irfaan Ali. The minister said  Ms. Fedee  would be offered a lateral position at the same ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2020, 20:25 by Denis Chabrol The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) is among those heaping criticism on the decision by the government to award 20,000 scholarships over the next four years through the University of the West Indies (UWI). News of this decision came yesterday in a UWI news release, but so far ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2020, 17:10 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall has asked the High Court to strike out one of two election petitions challenging the results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections on the grounds that it was served to APNU+AFC Representative of the List, David Granger  four days late. Mr. Nandlall ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2020, 14:31 by Denis Chabrol A 38-year old gold miner from Corentyne was Thursday arraigned for allegedly murdering a 16-year old girl who he met while she and her mother were drinking rum Charged with the indictable offence was Wickroy “Shatta” Mitchell of Number 53 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. He allegedly killed the 16-year old ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2020, 14:08 by Denis Chabrol Sheikh Ahmad Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday headed an eight-member delegation to Guyana today for a three-day visit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Audrey Jardine-Waddell said. She told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2020, 6:03 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has asked the University of the West Indies (UWI) to train 20,000 Guyanese over the next five years, the regional tertiary institution said it is is set to begin discussions  with a number of ministers on getting the project off the  ground. “The UWI is currently ...